Tag Archives: Commentators

Broaden and widen in order to deepen

Posted on Thursday May 2nd 2013 by Fiona Melville

James Bethell wrote an excellent piece on Monday about the practicalities of negative campaigning; I do think his four essential points apply more widely than just to UKIP. They are: Timing Vehicle of your message Carrier of your message Substance of your … Continue reading →

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Don’t hate them – or me

Posted on Monday April 15th 2013 by Fiona Melville

Caitlin Moran has written a fantastically powerful piece in The Times today (which builds on her piece on Saturday). I really do recommend reading both of them – worth the Times‘ subscription cost alone, let alone all the other great … Continue reading →

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Why leaning in is part of a Conservative equalities agenda

Posted on Tuesday March 19th 2013 by Fiona Melville

Annoyingly I couldn’t make it to Bright Blue’s discussion yesterday evening on ‘whether the Conservative Party is still the party of the family’ but you can see useful summary tweets @TimForChange - the discussion basically centred around keeping families stable, together, … Continue reading →

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Saying what you mean, meaning what you say

Posted on Monday March 18th 2013 by Fiona Melville

One of the things I always liked about David Cameron from the word go was that he said what he meant, and meant what he said (I think he even said that in a press conference reply to… Martha Kearney, … Continue reading →

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The ConHome #Victory2015 conference asks: How do we show that we’re on people’s side?

Posted on Saturday March 9th 2013 by Fiona Melville

I just got home from the ConHome Victory2015 conference. For the first time since 2004, I am not going to the Conservative conference next weekend – which is in itself an interesting indicator of lots of things, though maybe I … Continue reading →

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